The creator of Nearby Glasses made the app after reading 404 Media's coverage of how people are using Meta's Ray-Bans smartglasses to film people without their knowledge or consent. “I consider it to be a tiny part of resistance against surveillance tech.”
  • rafoix@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    We need an app that makes those things explode like a grenade.

  • NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.netEnglish
    21·
    3 hours ago

    Yeah, just leave your Bluetooth on and permanently scanning, it’ll help identify those creeps that walk around with cameras so you can… Avoid them? Confront them and get yourself recorded live? Have your phone breached and all your data accessed because you left your Bluetooth open and scanning in a public space?

    Best solution is to know what these glassholes’ gear looks like and avoiding them the analogue way.

    • infeeeee@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      2 hours ago

      What if it’s behind you? You can’t see it even if you know what it’s like while your phone can scan it.

      I think we are not far away from the point where it will be virtually indistinguishable from regular glasses with any type of frame.

      Defense against airtag spying works the same way, unfortunately we currently don’t have a better defense